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Misuse of resources


Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Improper resource use
Broader Problems:
Abuse of power
Unethical practices relating to development
Narrower Problems:
Production of non-essentials
Lack of resource conservation
Underutilization of resources
Waste of resources
Worldwide misallocation of resources
Inappropriate use of financial resources
Aggressive uses of natural energy resources
Unconstrained exploitation of natural resources
Aggravates:
Resource depletion
Strategies:
Developing sustainable land use policy
Using recycled materials
Values:
Abuse
Impropriety
Underuse
Unused
References:
Hsu, K J and Thiede, J: Use and Misuse of the Seafloor: report of the Dahlem Workshop on Use and Misuse of Seafloor, Berlin, March 17-22, 1991
Problem Type:
A: Abstract Fundamental Problems
Subject(s):
Economics → Resource utilization
Resources → Resources
Societal Problems → Maltreatment
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
GOAL 7: Affordable and Clean EnergyGOAL 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
Date of last update
16.04.2019 – 14:32 CEST

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The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential is a collaboration between UIA and Mankind 2000, started in 1972. It is the result of an ambitious effort to collect and present information on the problems with which humanity is confronted, as well as the challenges such problems pose to concept formation, values and development strategies.  Problems included are those identified in international periodicals but especially in the documents of some 60,000 international non-profit organizations, profiled in the Yearbook of International Organizations.

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